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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DCPS is a district focused primarily on the growth and success of low-income children of color. From leadership down that is the priority, [b]and it should be[/b].[/quote]

Explain to me why a school system should focus primarily upon on one socio-economic and ethnic group. Other jurisdictions like Arlington,  Alexandria, MCPS, and Fairfax somehow seem to manage to care about ALL learners. [/quote]

Because inequality is horrible for society overall, yes even for you.

I'm a European immigrant (but not Anglo) who is disgusted with continuing segregation and imprisonment of a significant portion of the US population. I want my kids to benefit from fair competition where the brightest minds can apply their talents and efforts to better society, not a system that suppresses such talent based on random and inconsequential (to quality) attribute, such as skin color, gender, accent, religion, sexual orientation, to name a few.

Do people really not get it or just pretend not to get it? SMH[/quote]

Most whites believe that those other groups don’t contain the best or brightest. See how DCUM uses “white” as a proxy for UMC. If you’re really European but not Anglo, then you must be aware of this racism yourself, because it’s rampant in Europe also. Or are you just pretending it doesn’t exist?[/quote]

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